Garmin designs and manufactures GPS-enabled devices for automotive, aviation, marine, outdoor and fitness markets, and it employs about 5,049 people worldwide. The organization recorded 273 new hires against 198 departures, resulting in modest net growth and signaling a generally steady staffing pattern. With more than half of its personnel dedicated to engineering, Garmin’s talent mix reflects the research, development and manufacturing needs of its product portfolio. The balance of the workforce supports sales, operations, marketing, finance and corporate services essential to bringing these products to market.
Engineering is Garmin’s largest function at 2,681 employees, representing roughly 53 % of total headcount and underscoring the company’s emphasis on hardware and software development. Sales and Support accounts for 539 employees, while Information Technology, and Marketing & Product each contribute between 7 % and 11 % of staff, ensuring the company can scale, promote and maintain its offerings. Operations, Business Management, Finance & Administration, Program & Project Management, and Human Resources round out the structure, each ranging from just over 100 to nearly 300 employees. This diversified yet engineering-centric departmental spread supports Garmin’s end-to-end product lifecycle from concept through customer care.
Garmin’s workforce is heavily concentrated in the U.S. Midwest, with 1,068 employees in its Olathe, Kansas headquarters and another 813 in nearby Kansas City, Missouri. Surrounding cities such as Overland Park, Lenexa, Shawnee, Lawrence and Gardner collectively add more than 800 additional staff, highlighting a strong regional cluster of talent. Outside the Kansas City metropolitan area, Salem, Oregon hosts 151 employees and Raleigh, North Carolina has 70, while 2,121 employees are distributed across other domestic and international sites. This geographic footprint balances centralized R&D and corporate functions in Kansas with select technical and regional offices elsewhere to support global operations.